diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-shims.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-shims.yml
index 1d4a081..33bfb5d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-shims.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-shims.yml
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           name: pypi-dist
           path: dist
diff --git a/.github/workflows/survival-report-recover.yml b/.github/workflows/survival-report-recover.yml
index edec25c..d16528e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/survival-report-recover.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/survival-report-recover.yml
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
           persist-credentials: false
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@9000827ccba6bdab643e8b6fd33ac0654aef8333
         with:
           name: survival-report-4-assembled
           path: /tmp/assembled
diff --git a/.github/workflows/survival-report.yml b/.github/workflows/survival-report.yml
index 5464b6f..3d732ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/survival-report.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/survival-report.yml
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: download the shards
         if: ${{ !inputs.deposit_only }}
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           pattern: run-shard-*
           path: /tmp/run